Top-ranked Kentucky absolutely humiliated UCLA Saturday, scoring the first 24 points of the game, leading 41-7 at halftime and going on to an 83-42 victory in Chicago. Sadly for UCLA, this mess was on national television. It looked like one of those guarantee games at Rupp Arena, where the Wildcats give weak mid-major opponents about $80,000 to show up and take a beating. Actually, heck, Columbia gave Kentucky a game recently at Rupp. The Bruins? There's nothing good to say about their play, so we'll say this. They have great cheerleaders. ... The record for most consecutive points scored by one team in a matchup of Division I teams, by the way, is 32 by UConn in a victory over New Hampshire in 1990-91. ... Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin sat out Saturday's loss to VCU due to an unruptured aneurysm that was reportedly detected during a checkup regarding ongoing headaches. He tweeted Saturday, "I want everyone to know I am going to be ok!! I just can't coach for precautionary reasons with my medical condition."

•Jack Eichel, a Boston University freshman and one of the top American hockey prospects in years, scored a shorthanded goal for the U.S. national junior team in an exhibition Friday night in a 5-2 victory over, get this, BU. Eichel, who leads the nation in scoring, has used the mid-semester break to join Team USA, preparing for the upcoming world championships. He had the surreal assignment of pulling on a blue sweater and going up against his current college teammates, wearing white and scarlet, at Walter Brown Arena (BU's former home rink). Eichel is expected to be the first or second overall pick in the June NHL draft. … ESPN is reporting that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has made it clear that no team will relocate to Los Angeles next season. Look toward 2016 if you're interested, he reportedly told the Chargers, Raiders and Rams.

•Mark Sanchez was having one of the better games of his career Saturday, when he threw for 374 yards and two touchdowns against the Redskins. He led the Eagles through a fourth-quarter comeback with 10 unanswered points and moved into Redskins territory for what could have been the winning driving. Then, a pick. Sanchez's interception not only cost the Eagles the game, which Washington won 27-24, but perhaps a playoff spot. So that's why so many jokes are being made about Sanchez today, mostly by people who forget that he performed admirably in this game and all season in the absence of Nick Foles. … The Knicks lost at home again, 99-90 to the Suns. That's seven losses in a row at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks, who are 5-24 overall. … Patriots-Jets Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Rex Ryan's final home game? (Probably.) The Giants are at St. Louis. Tom Coughlin's final road game? (Probably not.)